The effect of Sodium hydroxide catalyst in formation of Ni nanoparticles at room temperature

In this paper, Ni nanoparticles growth is studies by spontaneous auto catalytic reduction in an alcohol- water solution in present NaOH catalysis with various ratio at room temperature. The scanning electron microscopy and XRD analyses have been used for investigation diameter and structure of Ni nanoparticles. Investigation of the analyses show that have not formed Ni Nanoparticles in Ph values 8, 9, 10 and 13, but in Ph values 11 and 12 have formed Ni Nanoparticles with average diameter of about 65 and 90 nm, respectively. The XRD patterns show that samples have face-centered cubic structure with (111),(200).(222) planes. The results show that sodium hydroxide value is very effect on the Ni nanoparticles growth.